Photos of the day

A selection of AP photos taken over the past 24 hours. 

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Netherlands Election

An elderly woman casts her ballot for the Dutch general elections at a polling station set up in a school in Staphorst, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Amid unprecedented international attention, the Dutch go to the polls Wednesday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a bellwether for the future of populism in a year of crucial votes in Europe. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Netherlands Election

An elderly woman waits her turn to receive her ballot prior to casting her vote for Dutch general elections at a polling station set up in a school in Staphorst, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Amid unprecedented international attention, the Dutch go to the polls Wednesday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a bellwether for the future of populism in a year of crucial votes in Europe. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Netherlands Election

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gives 'high five' to children after casting his vote for the Dutch general election in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

France EU Britain Brexit

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, reacts at the European Parliament during the plenary session Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Strasbourg, eastern France. European Council President Donald Tusk is warning Britain that leaving the EU without any formal agreement would harm the U.K. most. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

China Politics

A paramilitary policeman stands guard as delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after attending the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews get hit by a police water canon during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March. 15 , 2017. Ultra-Orthodox Jews have for years been exempt from military service, which is compulsory for Jewish Israelis. The arrangement has caused widespread resentment among Israel's secular majority. The ultra-Orthodox claim the military will expose their youth to secularism and undermine their devout lifestyle. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Lebanon Rape Law

A man passes by an activist from the Lebanese NGO Abaad, standing in a golden cage dressed as a bride while she demonstrates in front of the government building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The activists are protesting a Lebanese law that allows a rapist to get away with his crime if he marries the survivor. The law, in place since the late 1940s, is currently reviewed in Lebanese parliament. Arabic on the placard reads, "rape is a crime." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Brazil Syria Children

Refugee children sing for peace during an event to mark the 6th anniversary of the war in Syria, below the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. According to a recent report by the NGO Save the Children, Syrian children are showing symptoms of "toxic stress" and are attempting self-harm and suicide in response to prolonged exposure to war. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)

Yonkers Apartment Building Fire

Ice covers the fire escape of an apartment building that caught fire, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Yonkers, N.Y. Authorities say the fire, which may have started on the fifth floor early Wednesday morning, has left one person dead and forced dozens of people into the cold. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Trump

President Donald Trump waves as arrives to speaks at the American Center of Mobility, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Romania Hungarian Celebration

Ethnic Hungarians wearing vintage Hussar uniforms prepare their horses in a forest near the Nyerges Pass, Romania, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Thousands of ethnic Hungarians paraded in Romania to celebrate the Hungarian national holiday, marking the anniversary of the 1848 revolution against the Habsburg empire. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Netherlands Daily Life

An elderly Dutch woman hangs her laundry in front of her home in Staphorst, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Amid unprecedented international attention, the Dutch go to the polls Wednesday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a bellwether for the future of populism in a year of crucial votes in Europe. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Portugal Daily Life

A woman taking pictures from a public garden is silhouetted against the buildings in Lisbon's old town center Wednesday evening, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Czech Republic Baby Otters

Newborn cubs of smooth-coated otters swim in their enclosure in the Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Seven cubs were born in January, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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